Trace-carrier.



J. GREIFENHAGEN.

TRACE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22.1912.

1,170,528. Patented Feb. 8,1916.

M Afforney THE cgLuMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

JOHN GREIFENHAGEN, OF RANDOLPH, SOUTH DAKOTA,

TRACE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application filed August 22, 1912. Serial No. 716,504.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GREIFENHAGEN,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Randolph, in the county ofBrown and State of South Dakota, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Trace-Carriers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to trace-carriers.

The object of my invention is to provide an advantageous form oftrace-carrierwhich will prevent the disengagement of the carrier from atrace holder.

The invention resides in the novel form and construction shown in theaccompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmen tary view of harness showing theapplication of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the deviceembodying my invention, and, Fig. 3 is an end view with part of the bodymember broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a suitable harness, 2 the traceholder ring thereof and 3 designates a trace or tug.

The trace-carrier is generally designated 4, this carrier is preferablymade of yielding or bendable metal to reduce its liability to break, andto provide a means thereon whereby it may be securely fastened to atrace holder ring. Said trace-carrier comprises a substantiallytriangular, endless, open body 5. Said body 5 has provided in tegraltherewith at right angles thereto a ring 6 which is split so that theparts thereof may be spread apart so as to receive the ring 2 andafterward be brought together so as to loosely retain the member 2 andsupport the trace-carrier therefrom. On the trace-carrier, below thesplit ring is provided a hook 7, integral with the carrier and arrangedin the same plane as the ring, which hook comprises substantially aninclined arm 8 and a horizontal arm 9, which arm 9 extends through theopen member 5 and projects on opposite sides thereof and has the extremefree end in substantial alinement with the plane of the outer edge ofsaid ring and serves as a support for the carrier.

An eyelet member 10 is adapted to engage the arm 9 by means of anopening 11 and has attached thereto the trace or tug 3. In attaching theeyelet member 10 to the arm 9 of the hook 7, the said member is firstinserted into the open member 5 below the arm 9 and at an angle theretoso that the opening 11 may engage the arm 9, whereupon the eyelet memberis brought to the vertical position as shown in Fig. 3, so as to hangfrom said member 9. B means of the specific form of hook the liabilityof the eyelet 10 to become disengaged from the hook arm 9 is greatlyreduced, as the trace or tug 3 may be pulled in either direction withoutefiecting disengagement owing to the fact that the junction of the arms8 and 9 prevent disengagement in one direction, and also to the factthat the lower or horizontal arm of the open member 5, which lower armis designated 5', forms an abutment for the eyelet 10 to prevent itsdisengagement from the arm 9. Furthermore it is obvious that uponoutward movement of the body the eyelet member 10, can not becomedisengaged because of the fact that the horizontal arm extendssufficiently beyond the plane of the carrier so as to cause thehorizontal arm 5, at all times to support the eyelet member and theweight of the trace will prevent the eyelet member from working towardthe free end of the arm 9. Also the extreme free end of the horizontalarm 9 is curved outwardly at the terminal thereof so that the free endwill not dig into the side of the animal to which the device isattached, and thereby provides a leg for cooperation with the ring. Thisarrangement also facilitates the maintenance of the engagement of theloop 11 with the hook and reduces accidental displacement to a minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A trace carriercomprising an integral structure formed of bendable metal, a triangularbody portion, a resilient split ring formed at the vertex of said bodyportion and arranged in a plane at right angles to the plane of the bodyportion so that portions thereof extend equal distances beyond the planeof the body portion, said ring constituting a suitable support, a hookintegral with the vertex and arranged in the same plane as the ring,said hook including an inclined arm projecting beyond the sides of aidbody portion and a horizontal arm projecting through said body portion,and

the extreme free end of said horizontal arm maintenance of a trace loopin engagement being curved at the terminal thereof and therewith. 1

arranged in a plane substantially flush with the plane of the outer edgeof said ring and J GREIFENHAGEN' constitutes a support cooperating withthe it'nesses:

supporting portion of the ring for support- B. J. MURRAY,

ing the body portion and facilitating the M. B. SEIBERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents mn; by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents, WashingtonLZD. G.

